lateral

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Actor Eric Dane, who rose to fame as Dr. Mark Sloan on “Grey’s Anatomy,” died Thursday afternoon following a battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

From Salon

A former competitive swimmer and water polo player, he said ALS — also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s disease — initially caused the right side of his body to stop working.

From Los Angeles Times

This allows them to extract more crude from smaller pieces of land where they can’t drill one long lateral section.

From The Wall Street Journal

Those lateral interactions can alter the electronic structure and potentially disrupt true one-dimensional behavior.

From Science Daily

In 2019, she won a bronze medal at world championships without a lateral collateral ligament and three tibial fractures in her left knee.

From Los Angeles Times